JUAN OLIVERT

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Joan Juanola, 5-17-04      En primer lugar darle las gracias y felicitarle por su web.      En el apartado dedicado a los primeros aviadores españoles aparece Heraclio Alfaro Fournier como primer aviador español, el 1914.      En 1909 el ingeniero catalán Gaspar Brunet Viadera construyó un aeroplano y se hicieron pruebas, pilotado por el corredor motociclista italiano Ravelli en el hipódromo de Can Tunis (Barcelona). El mismo año se expuso en la Exposición Regional Valenciana, equipado con un motor Anzani de 25 HP. El 5 de setiembre de 1909 y pilotado por Juan Olivert consiguió un vuelo de 45 metros, en Paterna (Valencia).      El 8 de octubre de 1910, Ravelli hizo pruebas en Moncada (Valencia) con el Brunet 2.      Del 12 al 18 de junio de 1912 se celebró la "II Setmana de l'Aviació de Barcelona" (II semana de la aviación de Barcelona). En ella tomó parte el piloto José Gonzalez Camó con un monoplano Gonzalez, que no llegó a despegar. En este mismo encuentro también participó Manuel Menéndez Valdés con un monoplano Deperdussin, propiedad del piloto francés Lecombe .      El 15 de octubre de 1912 el piloto catalán Luís Foyé Barella obtuvo el título de piloto nº 21 de España en la Escuela Farman de Etampes. Atentamente, Joan Juanola Fundació Parc Aeronàutic de Catalunya

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Joan Juanola, 5-17-04      In the first place, I want to thank you and congratulate you for your website.       In the section dedicated to the first Spanish aviators it appears that Heraclio Alfaro Fournier was first Spanish aviator, in 1914.       In 1909, Catalan engineer Gaspar Brunet Viadera built an airplane which was tested by the Italian motorcyclist Ravelli, at the race course of Dog Tunis (Barcelona). In that same year, it was exhibited in the Valencian Regional Exhibition, equipped with a Anzani motor of 25 HP. On the 5th of September, 1909, piloted by Juan Olivert, a flight of 45 meters was made in Paternal (Valencia).      On the 8th of October, 1910, Ravelli made some test flights in Moncada (Valencia) with a Brunet 2.      From the 12th to the 18th of June, 1912, the "II Setmana of l'Aviació of Barcelona" was celebrated; (II week of the aviation of Barcelona). The pilot Jose Gonzalez Camó took part in it with a Gonzalez monoplane that did not get to take off. In this same encounter, Manuel Menéndez Valdés participated with a Deperdussin monoplane. It was the property of French pilot Lecombe.       On the 15th of October, 1912, Catalan pilot Luís Foyé Barella obtained the pilot license nº 21 of Spain in the Farman School de Etampes. Kindly, Joan Juanola Fundació Parc Aeronàutic de Catalunya

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Juan Olivert", using the Google search engine, (5-18-04), you will find about 35 links, most of them in Spanish. If you are sufficiently interested, and if time permits, I suggest that you visit many of the sites which are available.

 

FIRST FLIGHTS      This page, from Alfredo Doncel's website Historia de la Aviacion en España, in Spanish, tells the story of the first flight in Spain by Juan Olivert in an aeroplane designed by Gaspar Brunet. It also offers two small photographs, one of the plane itself and one of Olivert and Brunet which may be enlarged. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.      This website, like most of the others, does offer a machine translation of the text into English. You can access that from the Google page or by clicking on: English Version

 

Galería de fotografías históricas      This page on the Historia Aeronáutica website of Julián Oller, offers a series of photographs of Juan Overt and Gaspar Brunet and the first aeroplane to fly in Spain in 1909. In addition, it offers a number of other well captioned photographs of important events in the development of aviation in Spain from 1909 to 1923. You can access the page by clicking on the title above. If you need the website in English, it can be accessed by clicking on: English Version

 

Exposición "Volar" en el Museo de las Ciencias de Valencia      This page reports the contribution of a scale reproduction of the Brunet-Overt aeroplane to the Museum. It tells the story of the building of the replica and offers a very nice picture of the plane as it is exhibited in the museum. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.      You can access a machine-translation into English by clicking on: English Version

 

I have no information as to the dates of his birth or death.

Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back